WATCH: New viral video finally corrects Alanis Morissette's 'Ironic'

posted by Lyndsey Parker | Yahoo! Stop the Presses!
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3 years ago

(Yahoo!) - Ever since Alanis Morissette released "Ironic" in 1996, English teachers and people with just a general sense of the English language have wrung their hands over supposed poet Alanis's misuse of the titular term. No, Alanis, it is not ironic to get a free ride after you've already paid, to have a black fly in your Chardonnay, to see a "No Smoking" sign on your cigarette break, to have rain on your wedding day, etc.

But now grammatically, hilariously correct YouTubers Rachael and Eliza Hurwitz have provided a rewrite titled "It's Finally Ironic" (along with a parody of the original multiple-Alanises-road-trip music video) that at long last rights Alanis's lyrical wrongs, and infuses the iconic "Ironic" with some actual irony.